Since 1989, with the release of Back to the Future movie we have imagined (or rather dreamed) the years we live today characterized by flying cars and auto-lacing shoes.
If with the flying cars we are a little bit late (but we will arrive here too, in about twenty years, you can bet on it ), with the auto-lacing shoes we begin to approach a reality, according to a maxim defined by Henri Ford: There is real progress only when the advantages of a new technology become for everyone.
There is real progress only when the advantages of a new technology become for everyone.
We all know the shoes of the film, worn by Micheal J Fox, signed Nike, which then, seriously, the brand has realized two years ago in a few pieces with charity targets, until it reached the market in the past year where it gave the go the commercialization of models with a similar mechanism, Nike HyperAdapt 1.0, albeit with a different design and a price (unfortunately) decidedly out of the market (over 700 euros retail). Surely not within everyone’s reach according to Fordian thought.
Also Puma, which in terms of shoe lacing has always been at the forefront (we remember the Puma Disc technology, still available today, and that Pump, which although not a real lacing, contributed with it in an innovative way to a greater keeping fit) today presents a preview of the images of self-catching sneakers. And we can say that we really are.
What we really liked from this preview is the fact that the brand has minimized the impact of the mechanism on the layout of the shoe and has not distorted the design of the shoe that looks very close to the classic of the running sneakers running of the brand.
Puma has imagined a small parallelepiped on the upper part of the upper that allows you to seal or release ties, which run under the surface of the shoe.
Not only that: thanks to a mobile app, (also available for Apple Watch) you can ‘swipe‘ to stink and loosen lacing.
But what will happen if the phone is downloaded? Can not we take off our shoes? We really do not believe it, but these are fun questions that we will be able to answer soon when we have more details, and we will be able to put our hands on it.
Hoping that sneakers will be for everyone (or for many at least)!
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